11/17/2012

Gallup's Frank Newport, Out of Ammunition and Beseiged in Silvergrad, Refuses to Surrender: War on Nate Silver Weblogging

Sam Wang turns up the pressure: >Gallup’s man misses the point: Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport appears to be on a campaign against poll aggregation…. Oh, please. Considering Gallup’s performance in estimating the national race, this could be interpreted as a defensive move by this year’s equivalent of the Literary Digest poll (‘Landon by a landslide,’ George Mason University). Newport misses the positive value that we bring to his activity. It is too bad, because what we do can ultimately increase the relevance of his organization. Here’s why.